Props!

When it comes to magazines, sometimes you wonder, do people really read the articles? Especially the kids? I mean, my Kyrgyzstan story isn't written in text message form so I wasn't sure if it could possibly hold a teenager's attention. But as it turns out, at least one little homey read it and got stoked (see below for the email that was sent my way the other day). Awesome!

"Hey transworld!! After reading the article of Kyrgystan, i was just outright mezmorized. Articles like these are so inspiring to me, I live in shitty Houston Texas where snow is rare and the summers are hotter than the devils dick. I am a very fortunate kid having been able to travel to places like Switzerland and France to live up just a fraction of what you guys get to have, but the articles of traveling to places on the far corners of the earth where people have never even heard of really gets to me. After reading January's issue i just had to pull out all of my old boxes of mags and find those stories of crazy ass trips to some of the sketchiest places. This is the reason i am so drawn to your magazine, its not everyday that i get to hear about people going to the most remote places, nevertheless being able to have a history lesson while connecting to my life of snowboarding!"—R... P...